Mediterranean rural settlements suffer from numerous environmental challenges, specifically the annual decrease of the farmlands, climate change threats, and growing resource consumption and demand, such as energy, the core of development. Rural areas play a significant role in achieving food security and sustainable development. Therefore, this paper promotes the energy community and agrivoltaic key concepts as pillars to show how buildings and farms’ land uses positively impact the ecosystem. The study focused on Egypt and Italy as representatives of the entire region. Two rural settlements with the same characteristics representing typical agriculture-based patterns have been selected: Lasaifar Albalad, representing 339 villages in the Delta Region, northern Egypt, and Pontinia, representing rural typologies of the 1930s in the Lazio Region, central Italy. Then, two focus groups with versatile stakeholders were conducted. The results showed the juxtaposition of the key concepts and national rural and agricultural policies and fostered a novel approach between Egypt and Italy. The study presented the first analysis of both contexts. The focus groups promoted the ideas, led to a better understanding of the implementation possibilities, raised awareness, improved social acceptance, and highlighted the significant barriers. It paved the way for a further study (micro-scale on-ground practices) to be planned and implemented soon

Multifunction Land Use to Promote Energy Communities in Mediterranean Region. Cases of Egypt and Italy / Abouaiana, AHMED ABDELMALEK ABDELRAHIM; Battisti, Alessandra. - In: LAND. - ISSN 2073-445X. - 11:5(2022), p. 673. [10.3390/land11050673]

Multifunction Land Use to Promote Energy Communities in Mediterranean Region. Cases of Egypt and Italy

Ahmed Abouaiana
Primo
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Alessandra Battisti
Secondo
2022

Abstract

Mediterranean rural settlements suffer from numerous environmental challenges, specifically the annual decrease of the farmlands, climate change threats, and growing resource consumption and demand, such as energy, the core of development. Rural areas play a significant role in achieving food security and sustainable development. Therefore, this paper promotes the energy community and agrivoltaic key concepts as pillars to show how buildings and farms’ land uses positively impact the ecosystem. The study focused on Egypt and Italy as representatives of the entire region. Two rural settlements with the same characteristics representing typical agriculture-based patterns have been selected: Lasaifar Albalad, representing 339 villages in the Delta Region, northern Egypt, and Pontinia, representing rural typologies of the 1930s in the Lazio Region, central Italy. Then, two focus groups with versatile stakeholders were conducted. The results showed the juxtaposition of the key concepts and national rural and agricultural policies and fostered a novel approach between Egypt and Italy. The study presented the first analysis of both contexts. The focus groups promoted the ideas, led to a better understanding of the implementation possibilities, raised awareness, improved social acceptance, and highlighted the significant barriers. It paved the way for a further study (micro-scale on-ground practices) to be planned and implemented soon
2022
agricultural-based settlements; rural commons; nexus approach; transdisciplinarity; participatory approach; sustainable development; Delta region; Lazio region
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Multifunction Land Use to Promote Energy Communities in Mediterranean Region. Cases of Egypt and Italy / Abouaiana, AHMED ABDELMALEK ABDELRAHIM; Battisti, Alessandra. - In: LAND. - ISSN 2073-445X. - 11:5(2022), p. 673. [10.3390/land11050673]
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